Hi,
I’m building a 7m wide car port using steel posts and beams as specified by the SE.
The bottom plate of the three supporting posts will be fixed to concrete foundation pads.
The driveway is wider than the car port and the surface is block paved.
We’d like to set the foundation pads beneath the drive surface so that they aren’t seen, so that the posts rise up through the drive surface.
My question is: if the bottom of the steel posts are set just below the block paving layer, will they rust prematurely? (They’ll be red oxide painted).
Many thanks.
I’m building a 7m wide car port using steel posts and beams as specified by the SE.
The bottom plate of the three supporting posts will be fixed to concrete foundation pads.
The driveway is wider than the car port and the surface is block paved.
We’d like to set the foundation pads beneath the drive surface so that they aren’t seen, so that the posts rise up through the drive surface.
My question is: if the bottom of the steel posts are set just below the block paving layer, will they rust prematurely? (They’ll be red oxide painted).
Many thanks.